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Quotation from Patriarcha by Robert Filmer
“This Lordship which Adam by Command had over the whole World, and by Right descending from him the Patriarchs did enjoy, was as large and ample as the Absolutest Dominion of any Monarch which hath been since the Creation”
Patriarcha, Ch. I, §4 (1680 first edition, EEBO-TCP text)
The core claim of the book, followed by examples of the patriarchs judging, making war and making peace.
Citation: "This Lordship which Adam by Command had over the whole World, and by Right descending from him the Patriarchs did enjoy, was as large and ample as the Absolutest Dominion of any Monarch which hath been since the Creation" — Robert Filmer, Patriarcha, Ch. I, §4 (1680 first edition, EEBO-TCP text). (id patriarcha-q3)
Portrait: Filmer, Sir Robert by Cornelius Johnson, Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen, Public domain.
